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CARRIAGE DOOR.

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Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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CARRIAGE DOOR. v No. 872,847. Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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' JOHN F. FALLON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CARRIAGE-DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 372,847, dated November8, 1887.

Application filed February 18, 1887. Serial No. 228,035. (No mpdel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. FALLON, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri,have in vented acertain new and useful lmprovementin Brougham and other Carriage Doors,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement on the ordinary system of hangingthe doors of It consists in slidingthe doors backward along and parallelwith the outsides of the carriage in lieu of bringing them to thelatter, as at present.

On the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a side elevation representing aportion of a brough am with door arranged according to my invention;Figs. 2 and 3, plans, respectively, ofthe upper and lower guide-bars,between which the door is carried, as shown in Fig. 1; and Figs. 4, 5,and 6, full size sections on lines 1 1, 2 2, and 33, respectively, onFig. 1, looking toward thedoor.

Like letters of reference denote like partsin all the figures.

A represents the sideof a brougham partly broken away, and B the door,which is mounted between and carried by the upper. and lower guide-bars,O C. To the front edge of the door B, at its upper front corner, isfixed an iron plate, d, (see Fig. 4,) from the upper end of whichprojects upward above the door B a guide-piece, e, which takes into acurved groove, f, formed in the under side of the upper guide-bar, O,and extending back ward along the latter to near the rear door-pillar,g.

To the inner frame-work of the door B, at the upper rear corner of thelatter, is attached a plate, h, from the upper end of which projectsupward above the door B a hook or hanger, i, (see Fig. 5,) which, whenthe door B is in its closed position, as shown in Fig. 1 and by shadeddotted lines in Fig. 2, is away from and out of engagement with a curvedguide groove or recess, j, which is formed in the under side of the rearportion of the upper guide-bar, G, and partially closed transversely atits mouth by an underlapping flat iron bar, k, which is secured to theupper guide-bar, O, and constitutes an internal ledge to the groove orrecess j, as hereinafter more particularly referredto. If desired, I mayuse rollers at the upper end of the plate It in lieu of the hook i.

I Along the bottom edge of the door B, at its front corner, is attacheda plate, Z, from the outer edge of which projects downward aguide-piece, m, which setsin'acurved groove, 71, formed in the upperside of the lowerguidebar, 0, and extending the entire length of thelatterto near the door-pillar g.

Thedoor B being in the closed position, as seen in Figs. 1,2, and 3,with its top and bot tom front corner guidepieces, e and m, in theirrespective grooves f and n, and it being de sired to open the door B,its rear portion is pushed or pulled outward until the hook or hanger iat the top is in line with thenear end of the groove or recess j of theupper guidebar, 0, and catch onto the ledge 70 therein, as in Fig. 5,when the door B is thrown back over and parallel with the rear portionof the side A. of the carriage into the open position, asindicated bydotted lines to the left of the door B, its front upper and lowerguide-pieces, e and m, meanwhile sliding and remaining in theirrespective groovesf and a, and the rear hook or hanger, z, sliding alongthe top ledge, k, by which the door B is supported atits rear portionwhen being opened. 'On being slid forward for closing, the door B, onarriving opposite to the doorway, is pushed or pulled inward at its rearportion into the closed position, as before, and the hook or hanger 7;will be again clear of its groove 3', sufficient play being allowed tothe guide-pieces e and m in their respective grooves f and a to allow atsuch times for the slight vibratory movement thereon of the door B.

ing the wheels or striking tree-boxes, hitehgroove n, substantially asshown, and for the posts, stepping-stones, or other obstructions,purpose described.

as is the ease when the doors are swung open In testimony whereofIaffiXmy signature, in on their hinges. presence of two witnesses, this 23dday ofDe- 5 I claim as my invention-- 1 eember, 1886.

In a brongham or other carriage, the door B, I T having guide-pieces e mand hook or hanger 1', JOHN IALLOA' in combination with upperguide-supporting 'Witnesses: bar, 0, having grooves f j and ledge 70,and S. L. SCHRADER,

10 lower guide-supporting bar, 0, formed with EDWIN SAUTER-

